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In the influence maximization (IM) problem, we are given a social network and a budget $k$, and we look for a set of $k$ nodes in the network, called seeds, that maximize the expected number of nodes that are reached by an influence cascade…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Debashmita Poddar , Cosimo Vinci

In this paper, we derive the limit of experiments for one parameter Ising models on dense regular graphs. In particular, we show that the limiting experiment is Gaussian in the low temperature regime, non Gaussian in the critical regime,…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-11 Yuanzhe Xu , Sumit Mukherjee

Influence Maximization (IM) is a classical combinatorial optimization problem, which can be widely used in mobile networks, social computing, and recommendation systems. It aims at selecting a small number of users such that maximizing the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Yandi Li , Haobo Gao , Yunxuan Gao , Jianxiong Guo , Weili Wu

Propagation of contagion through networks is a fundamental process. It is used to model the spread of information, influence, or a viral infection. Diffusion patterns can be specified by a probabilistic model, such as Independent Cascade…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-28 Edith Cohen , Daniel Delling , Thomas Pajor , Renato F. Werneck

Influence Maximization is an extensively-studied problem that targets at selecting a set of initial seed nodes in the Online Social Networks (OSNs) to spread the influence as widely as possible. However, it remains an open challenge to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-08-08 Jing Tang , Xueyan Tang , Junsong Yuan

Identifying model parameters from observed configurations poses a fundamental challenge in data science, especially with limited data. Recently, diffusion models have emerged as a novel paradigm in generative machine learning, capable of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2025-03-14 Yechan Lim , Sangwon Lee , Junghyo Jo

Inference-time controllable generation is essential for real-world applications of unconditional diffusion models. However, most existing techniques focus on individual samples, struggling in applications that require the sample population…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Hao Luan , See-Kiong Ng , Chun Kai Ling

Influence maximization is the problem of finding the set of nodes of a network that maximizes the size of the outbreak of a spreading process occurring on the network. Solutions to this problem are important for strategic decisions in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-10-23 Sirag Erkol , Claudio Castellano , Filippo Radicchi

Influence maximization has found applications in a wide range of real-world problems, for instance, viral marketing of products in an online social network, and information propagation of valuable information such as job vacancy…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Junaid Ali , Mahmoudreza Babaei , Abhijnan Chakraborty , Baharan Mirzasoleiman , Krishna P. Gummadi , Adish Singla

A typical viral marketing model identifies influential users in a social network to maximize a single product adoption assuming unlimited user attention, campaign budgets, and time. In reality, multiple products need campaigns, users have…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-01-31 Nan Du , Yingyu Liang , Maria-Florina Balcan , Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez , Hongyuan Zha , Le Song

We consider a recently introduced generalization of the Ising model in which individual spin strength can vary. The model is intended for analysis of ordering in systems comprising agents which, although matching in their binarity (i.e.,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-09-28 Mariana Krasnytska , Bertrand Berche , Yurij Holovatch , Ralph Kenna

The problem of influence maximization is to select the most influential individuals in a social network. With the popularity of social network sites, and the development of viral marketing, the importance of the problem has been increased.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Maryam Adineh , Mostafa Nouri-Baygi

Uncertainty about models and data is ubiquitous in the computational social sciences, and it creates a need for robust social network algorithms, which can simultaneously provide guarantees across a spectrum of models and parameter…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-06-13 Xinran He , David Kempe

A widely studied model of influence diffusion in social networks represents the network as a graph $G=(V,E)$ with an influence threshold $t(v)$ for each node. Initially the members of an initial set $S\subseteq V$ are influenced. During…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-19 Gennaro Cordasco , Luisa Gargano , Joseph Peters , Adele Anna Rescigno , Ugo Vaccaro

Given a budget and arbitrary cost for selecting each node, the budgeted influence maximization (BIM) problem concerns selecting a set of seed nodes to disseminate some information that maximizes the total number of nodes influenced (termed…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-01-23 Huy Nguyen , Rong Zheng

Influence Maximization(IM) aims to identify highly influential nodes to maximize influence spread in a network. Previous research on the IM problem has mainly concentrated on single-layer networks, disregarding the comprehension of the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-11-16 Su-Su Zhang , Ming Xie , Chuang Liu , Xiu-Xiu Zhan

Influence Maximization problem has received significant attention in recent years due to its application in various do?mains such as product recommendation, public opinion dissemination, and disease propagation. This paper proposes a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Renquan Zhang , Xilong Qu , Qiang Zhang , Xirong Xu , Sen Pei

If a piece of information is released from a media site, can it spread, in 1 month, to a million web pages? This influence estimation problem is very challenging since both the time-sensitive nature of the problem and the issue of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-11-18 Nan Du , Le Song , Manuel Gomez Rodriguez , Hongyuan Zha

We consider Ising model on edge-dual of uncorrelated random networks with arbitrary degree distribution. These networks have a finite clustering in the thermodynamic limit. High and low temperature expansions of Ising model on the edge-dual…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Ramezanpour

We study the problem of robust influence maximization in dynamic diffusion networks. In line with recent works, we consider the scenario where the network can undergo insertion and removal of nodes and edges, in discrete time steps, and the…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Arkaprava Saha , Bogdan Cautis , Xiaokui Xiao , Laks V. S. Lakshmanan